Kejadian 17:17

17:17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed ¹  as he said to himself, ²  “Can ³  a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? ⁴  Can Sarah ⁵  bear a child at the age of ninety?” ⁶ 

Kejadian 18:11

18:11 Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; ⁷  Sarah had long since passed menopause.) ⁸ 

Kejadian 41:46

41:46 Now Joseph was 30 years old ⁹  when he began serving ¹⁰  Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by ¹¹  Pharaoh and was in charge of ¹²  all the land of Egypt.

Kejadian 26:34

26:34 When ¹³  Esau was forty years old, ¹⁴  he married ¹⁵  Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

[17:17]  ¹ sn Laughed. The Hebrew verb used here provides the basis for the naming of Isaac: “And he laughed” is וַיִּצְחָק (vayyitskhaq); the name “Isaac” is יִצְחָק (yitskhaq), “he laughs.” Abraham’s (and Sarah’s, see 18:12) laughter signals disbelief, but when the boy is born, the laughter signals surprise and joy.

[17:17]  ² tn Heb “And he fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart.”

[17:17]  ³ tn The imperfect verbal form here carries a potential nuance, as it expresses the disbelief of Abraham.

[17:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the son of a hundred years.”

[17:17]  ⁵ sn It is important to note that even though Abraham staggers at the announcement of the birth of a son, finding it almost too incredible, he nonetheless calls his wife Sarah, the new name given to remind him of the promise of God (v. 15).

[17:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “the daughter of ninety years.”

[18:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “days.”

[18:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “it had ceased to be for Sarah [after] a way like women.”

[41:46]  ⁹ tn Heb “a son of thirty years.”

[41:46]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “when he stood before.”

[41:46]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went out from before.”

[41:46]  ¹² tn Heb “and he passed through all the land of Egypt”; this phrase is interpreted by JPS to mean that Joseph “emerged in charge of the whole land.”

[26:34]  ¹³ tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator (“and it happened”), making this clause subordinate to the next.

[26:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the son of forty years.”

[26:34]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “took as a wife.”